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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1939
Page
4
Publisher J. P. Rawley and R. B. Terry lead the paper with D. A. Rawley as secretary treasurer. Hammett A. Cecil is general manager and Capus M. Waynick serves as editor in this historical masthead excerpt.
A compact proverb collection notes wisdom as priceless insight and sound judgment. It echoes that wisdom benefits the mind as health benefits the body and highlights the enduring value of understanding.
The article argues for redistricting North Carolina to reflect constitutional representation, warning that eight years without redistribution weakens self confidence and democracy. It condemns ignoring the US Constitution Article 1 and laments Lindbergh's imperial hints while urging adherence to the Monroe Doctrine and sustained national unity.
The Enterprise editor argues war will persist until divine peace arrives, dismissing a League of Nations as ineffective. It cites II Esdras and Zechariah predicting Gentile invasions of Palestine and lists biblical nations as oppressors, noting the 1917 generation as timely with Jews returning to Israel.
Walter Winchell notes Gertrude Lawrence leads Skylark in Samson Raphaelson's serial play as critics give favorable notices. Gossip bursts about Chekhov's Three Sisters with Katherine Emery Anne Revere Shepperd Strudwick and more. The column covers radio stars Lucius Beebe Fats Waller and Artie Shaw amid reviews of films and theater.
A neighbor newspaper reviews the long running quest for perpetual motion. It notes many schemes from pumps to self winding clocks, stresses conservation of energy, and warns that most plans fail due to friction and unseen details. The piece ends by blaming a universal urge to get something for nothing.
A columnist reflects on farm work building strength and discipline and ties it to sports and war readiness. He recalls Duke Pitt football rivalries and quotes from Wellington and Browning while honoring American resilience. The piece includes a patriot poem by Mrs Shaffer and mentions how Europe and America must be preserved.
A World War I era New York review fold analyzes Elliott Arn's Only the Young and several novels by Maude Williamson and Ethel Owen. It blends character studies of Robert Martin Earl Sloane Roy and Rhoda with romances and light comedy as readers meet Aunt Mona Phyllis Barton and others in互uprising plots and matrimonial schemes.
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